GONTCHAROVA (Natalija Sergeevna). Die Mär von der Heerfahrt Igors. Der ältesten russischen Heldendichtung. Munich: Orchis, 1923 [1924]. -In-8, 266x180: 80 pp, (4 ff. last blank). Publisher's half parchment Bradel-style boards with small corners, first cover illustrated with a composition by Goncharova, smooth spine. A very fine edition, printed at 700 copies, of Arthur Lüther's German translation of the epic poem Slovo o plŭku Igorievě (The Tale of Igor's Campaign), considered to be the oldest literary work of the Eastern Slavs, written at the end of the 12th century. It recounts the lost military campaign waged in 1185 by Prince Igor Sviatoslavitch against the Coumans of Konchak. The edition is illustrated with 37 color woodcuts by Russian avant-garde artist Natalija Sergeevna Goncharova (1881-1962), 17 of which are full-page. One is repeated on the front cover. One of 600 copies bound in half parchment, complete with the genealogical chart which is sometimes missing. A very well preserved copy.